All quiet on the western front
They are both in the barn and it is the first time that I have seen them eating from the haylage feeders during the day. The radio is tuned to Radio 2 and burbling away gently to itself, as Radio 2 does. It's my favourite station anyway. (For you foreign people, they talk a lot and mostly play old records that aren't too noisy.)
The morning routine was to take Jazz out on a leadrope and put him in his stable, hoping that Zip will follow and go into his. No chance. He wanders off to explore the yard. Jazz and I have to follow, because I can't leave Jazz in his stable with Zip wandering about, he'll break out. I can't get them out one at a time, it's too difficult with the way the door opens for one person to get one out without letting the other out. I could put Jazz back in the barn, but Zippy is difficult to get hold of when he knows he's being a bad boy, and it's easier for Jazz and I just to follow him and herd him back where we want him to be. Surprisingly, through all that shenanigans, Jazz is as quiet as a lamb!
With two boys eating breakfast in their boxes I muck out the barn, restock the feeders with hay and haylage, and damp the surface. This morning I thought Zippy should be ridden. Partly for his own peace of mind and partly to keep him in the swing of it. I was concerned what Jazz would do when I took him away, but he did nothing at all and was quiet in his box. Zippy and I did 15 minutes in the barn. He was very unsettled, (he'd been jumpy to tack up), but he did as he was told and you can't ask for more than that from a 3 year old whose whole world is turning upside down.
I put Zip in his stable where he screamed his head off as I took Jazz out for a pick of grass. He always does. It's very irritating - scream, scream, scream, scream, scream. But there's nothing you can do about it. Earplugs maybe. Anyway, Jazz ignores him completely and dawdles quietly up and down the road wolfing great mouthfuls of grass and wild flowers.
Jazz goes quietly back into the barn and then today I put Zippy back in there with him. All is very settled. I'd go so far as to say that they are both very happy in there right now. It's so f f f f flippin' cold though (2 degrees C) that I have got thick rugs on them both.
Less than two weeks to turnout - another countdown!
C
posted by cptrayes @ 10:25 AM
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If it's that cold, then perhaps your boys will not mind being in so much.
Now, just keep close tabs on what that radio station is broadcasting. Beware of such informational shows as: "When Animals Attack," "The World's Most Daring Prison Breaks," "Home Remodeling on No Budget," "Carpal Tunneling Syndrome," "Digging Your Way Out of Debt," "Teenage Rebels Strike Out," or, "Rearing Children: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly." I am sure there are many more, so do keep an eye out. Jazz and Zip don't need to get any new ideas.
Interesting how Jazz seems to accept Zipster's leaving, but not vice versa. Still, sounds as if they are both being pretty manageable at the moment.
I'm worried now that it might hurt their feelings if they hear Jeremy Vine at lunchtime lead a discussion on the immigration issue. Them being both Dutch migrants, like. It's a particularly hot potato at the moment that migrants are coming to the UK and using our Health Services. Perhaps the radio isn't such a good idea?
C
Interesting isn't it, how Jazz is perfectly happy to be in his stable and see Zip leave to be ridden. But not to be in the barn and watch him go out into the field. One is normal, the other is not, maybe? It's good news anyway, and I'm grateful how manageable the two of them are. It could have been far more difficult.
C
Radio 2 Pfffff they need some rock or Classic FM. I was addicted to Classic FM, when I lived in the UK, and Radio 1 for teh chart.
Yes I love Pop music ... still very teenager at heart. Actually Superhubby is worried that in 8 years he will have two teens in his house ... our son and ME ^-^
I am glad both boys are oaky .... 2 degrees is very cold.
For foreigners : have you noticed how the Brits use Celcius degrees for cold temperatures and Farenheit for hot temperature? They do the same for pounds and kilograms. I am glad they do not have the Euros, or they will play with both currencies too ...
Cheeky trying to confuse the foreigners ...
Immigrants for your Health Service... hmmm hard to believe ....
Poor Africans with AIDS and poor Asians with Tuberculosis Muriel - they can't get any treatment at home unless they pay for it. :-( The papers are whipping up a storm, possibly in a teacup but maybe not.
I've just bought 30 extra long temporary electric fence posts so that I can easily make paddocks of varying sizes and not have to ask SH to get the mallet out :-) He's relieved! They should arrive about when we are ready to test whether the pair will be quiet and steady if we let them out.
C
I'd also go with Classic FM its even better when Baldrick is presenting.
Baldrick? I sold him fourteen years ago, is he on Classic FM now?
C :-)
But Muriel, surely you can see that 32 degrees fahrenheit isn't cold when 0 degrees Celsius is freezing, and 30 degrees Celsius isn't a hot day, when 86 Fahrenheit's a stinker?
I don't see your problem :-)
C
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